I think this season they wanted to give fighters a second chance at MMA superstardom. Matt Serra and Din Thomas are blown up 155lb fighters, although I do remember Serra losing to Karo at 170lbs and not looking all that great after the first minute of the fight. Pete Spratt is a bad ass striker who really needs to work on his wrestling and jiu jitsu. I basically see the 170lb contract going to either Chris Lytle or Jeremy Jackson, although I am not counting out Shonie just yet. As for the 185lb guys, I would put my money on either Pete Sell or Scott Smith. Although I wouldn't mind seeing Cote and Rivera throwing down at some point in time.

smith works out at my gym alot, guy trains real hard i wish him the best of luck

Smith definately has potential, he was doing well against David Terrell until Dave landed an illegal blow and Scott waited for the ref to intervine but he didn't so Dave quickly took advantage of this and sunk his hooks in and got the RNC. I would definately call this guy the dark horse of the show, hopefully he enters the show in decent shape.

im excited my trainers in it (lutter) but im wondering if this will create a huge influx of newbies coming to train due to the exposure...wich is good for buisness but i wonder how many will wash out after couple of months lol

Sherdog released the names of the guys fightin in the finals. They may be making it up, but after the UFC kicked them out of the weigh-ins for the tuf finale, supposedly they were pissed and leaked the winners over there radio show.